Senior Registered Nurse - Quality Assurance

About the role

The Position: Under general direction and following established medically-approved policies and procedures, the incumbent implements specialized skilled nursing processes pertinent to quality management, patient safety, regulatory compliance, and performance improvement in designated hospital units of Ventura County Medical Center.

What We Offer: The County of Ventura offers an attractive compensation and benefits package, subject to eligibility requirements, that includes:

• Educational/Bilingual Incentive: Incumbents may be eligible for an educational incentive of 2.5%, 3.5%, or 5% based on completion of an Associate's, Bachelor's, or Master's degree that is not required for the classification. Incumbents may also be eligible for bilingual incentive depending upon operational need and certification of skill.
• Certification Pay: $0.813 per hour based on scheduled work week hours for each qualified certification up to a maximum of five (5) certifications. One of the five certifications may be paid at $2.00 per hour for a National Certification.
• Continuous County Service Incentive Pay: 1% for 7 years, 1.25% for 12 years and 1.5% for 17 years
• Flexible Credit Allowance: Biweekly contribution towards medical, dental, and/or vision insurance from authorized plans.
• Pension Plan: Participation in the County's defined benefit plan.

PAYROLL TITLE: Senior Registered Nurse – Hospital

Agency/Department: Health Care Agency – Ventura County Medical Center and/or Santa Paula Hospital

Senior Registered Nurse-Hospital is represented by the California Nurses' Association (CNA) and is eligible for overtime compensation. Salary placement will be determined according to the current CNA memorandum of agreement.

The eligible list established from this recruitment may be used to fill current and future Regular (including Temporary and Fixed-term), Intermittent, and Extra Help vacancies for this position only. There is currently one (1) Regular vacancy.

Responsibilities

Duties Include But Are Not Limited To The Following:

• Administers basic and advanced competency nursing care in accordance with VCMC/SPH policies and procedures and Patient Bill of Rights;
• Performs clinical abstraction for specific patient population/diagnosis group;
• Conducts clinical medical records reviews as related to performance improvement, root cause analysis and patient safety;
• Assists with quality management studies through data collection, data input, data analysis and report development;
• Assists with the coordination, design, development, implementation and evaluation of quality improvement activities as assigned;
• Assists with licensing and certification surveys/visits and related work as assigned;
• Participates in performance improvement and patient safety committee meetings as required;
• Attends and participates in committees as a QAPI representative, as assigned;
• As assigned, conducts rounds to monitor regulatory compliance and patient safety;
• Develops monitoring tools for the purpose of data collection and quality improvement;
• Organizes and coordinates project planning, group process facilitation, training, and appropriate follow-up;
• Analyzes, interprets and provides recommendations based on quality principles;
• Utilizes the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Model for Improvement when conducting small tests of change;
• Integrates quality improvement and performance improvement activities throughout the organization through education and promotion;
• Develops, implements and documents performance improvement processes in collaboration with identified groups;
• and Performs other related duties as required.

Requirements

Typical Qualifications:

• Requires two (2) years of full-time professional registered nursing experience including two (2) years of full-time experience in assigned hospital specialty area.
• Necessary Special Requirements: Must possess and maintain a current, valid license as a Registered Nurse issued by the State of California Must possess a current, valid Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) certification by the first day of employment and maintain it thereafter

DESIRED: Bachelor of Science in Nursing and/or master’s degree is strongly preferred.

Experience leading a multidisciplinary team towards improved outcomes, utilizing evidence-based quality management and reporting tools to enhance operations.

Experience preparing clear, concise, and comprehensive technical reports.

At least one (1) year of experience in a quality improvement, informatics, utilization review, compliance or related position.

CPHQ certification. If not possessed at time of hire, should be achieved within 3 years.